The report by Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL), released on Wednesday, considered data from Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune.

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Before 2023, the report said, the highest number of residential units sold in one year in these seven markets was 216,700 units in 2010.

Dr Samantak Das, chief economist and head of research, India at JLL, said his firm analysed data for the past three decades and found that sales and launches peaked and broke sale records from 2010. “The highest sales in last three decades was registered in 2010 earlier but 2023 has broken all records,” he said.

The JLL report said that overall sales across the seven markets picked up significant momentum in the second half of the year.